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Normally 7pm parade & practice with first race 7.30pm. First leg has already taken place. 10th May Kent 52 Mildenhall 38

Meeting report: 'Racing in the East' NORA British Pairs Championship - Mildenhall 25/7/26 The tightest of finishes (not without a dose of controversy) on Saturday 25th. July at Mildenhall Stadium saw the inaugural 'Racing in the East' NORA British Speedway Championship Pairs title go the way of the Kent Eagles, edging out Cradley in the Grand Final after a heavy crash involving Man of the Meeting, Seth Norman. The 15-year-old Norman had a sensational run of victories beating the hugely-experienced Ben Morley, Alfie Bowtell and Simon Lambert in successive races to ensure the Heathens pairing finished level on points after the qualifying heats with the Eagles, setting up an exciting dénouement. Sadly the Final was to end in painful disappointment for Norman though – crashing out on the third bend of the first lap, with the trailing Jack Kingston then running into the fallen teenager. The initial decision was to exclude Kingston much to the confusion of all watching on and a Speedway version of VAR (using footage recorded of the incident) was applied by the referee to correct his earlier mistaken interpretation of the crash. That effectively ended the Black Country side’s chances of a surprise victory and Norman himself ended the night in hospital with a nasty abrasion and back injury. Third place went the way of the Wisbech Cross Keys duo of Mickie Simpson and Sam Woods – the European Grasstrack Finalist Simpson delivering a hat trick of race wins himself, including one terrific scrap with the home pairing’s number one, Bowtell. Young Aussie World Women’s Championship number four, Tayla Street showed well from the gate in a number of her rides but was caught out by a track she’d never seen before and so was unable to contribute points to add to her partner Lambert’s individual haul of 13. The crowd were also entertained (and responded very enthusiastically to) the awesome sight of the two 1000cc Right Hand Sidecar Speedway bikes piloted by the country’s two leading exponents of this comeback formula, Paul Whitelam and Will Penfold. Next up for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers is on Saturday August 15th. with Kent Eagles visiting West Row, this time as a full team in the second leg of the major NORA League competition of 2026, the Pioneer Cup. Meeting scores: Kent Eagles 19 Ben Morley 3 2 2 3 3 13 Jack Kingston 2 1 0 2 1 6 Cradley Heathens 19 Luke Harris 3 2 1 2 1 9 Seth Norman 1 0 3 3 3 10 Wisbech Cross Keys 15 Mickie Simpson FX 3 3 2 3 11 Sam Woods 1 1 0 1 1 4 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 15 Alfie Bowtell 3 3 2 1 0 9 Harry Sadler 1 2 1 0 2 6 Anglian Angels 13 Simon Lambert 2 3 3 3 2 13 Tayla Street 0 0 FX 0 0 0 Ipswich Academy 9 Ashton Vale 2 1 2 1 2 8 Harrison Rogers 0 0 1 0 FX 1 Heat details: Key: IA = Ipswich; CH = Cradley; MFT = Mildenhall; AA = Anglian Angels; KE = Kent Eagles; WCK = Wisbech) 1 Harris, Vale, Norman, Rogers 54.1 [IA 2 CH 4] 2 Bowtell, Lambert, Sadler, Street 52.9 [MFT 4 AA 2] 3 (rerun) Morley, Kingston, Woods, Simpson (fell exc.) 53.9 [KE 5 WCK 1] 4 Bowtell, Sadler, Vale, Rogers 53.0 [MFT 9 IA 3] 5 Simpson, Harris, Woods, Norman 53.4 [WCK 5 CH 6] 6 Lambert, Morley, Kingston, Street 53.6 [AA 5 KE 8] 7 Simpson, Bowtell, Sadler, Woods (fell rem.) 53.3 [WCK 8 MFT 12] 8 (stpd – awarded) Lambert, Vale, Rogers, Street (fell exc.) no time [IA 6 AA 8] 9 Norman, Morley, Harris, Kingston 53.3 [CH 10 KE 10] 10 Lambert, Simpson, Woods, Street 53.6 [AA 11 WCK 11] 11 Morley, Kingston, Vale, Rogers 53.7 [KE 15 IA 7] 12 Norman, Harris, Bowtell, Sadler 53.7 [CH 15 MFT 13] 13 (stpd – awarded) Simpson, Vale, Woods, Rogers (fell exc.) no time [WCK 15 IA 9] 14 Norman, Lambert, Harris, Street 53.7 [CH 19 AA 13] 15 Morley, Sadler, Kingston, Bowtell 54.4 [MFT 15 KE 19] Final: (rerun) Morley, Harris, Kingston, Norman (fell exc.) 54.2 [Kent win] 1000cc RH Sidecars 1 P. Whitelam/R. Webb; W.Penfold/R.Pay 56.5 2 P. Whitelam/R. Webb; W.Penfold/R.Pay 56.0 3 W.Penfold/R.Pay; P. Whitelam/R.Webb 56.7 4 P. Whitelam/R. Webb; W.Penfold/R.Pay 56.1

Tonight Gates open 6pm Rider Parade & Practice 7pm Tapes Up 7.30pm

From Mildenhall Fen Tigers Facebook page. Meeting preview: NORA British Pairs Championship - Mildenhall Stadium, Saturday 25th.July 2026 It’s a case of Two’s Company at Mildenhall Stadium on Saturday 25th. July with the NORA British Pairs Championship coupled with demonstration races from the leading riders from British Championship Sidecars providing a full programme of events for what promises to be an exciting evening of top-quality Speedway racing – gates at 6pm for a 7.30pm start time. The NORA Pairs event sponsored by ‘The Racing In The East’ project sees the welcome return to Fen Tigers’ colours of West Row favourite son, Alfie Bowtell; partnered by Aussie Harry Sadler – who scored a hugely impressive paid 12 on his Mildenhall debut last month. The home duo face stiff opposition from five visiting pairs. Fellow NORA League side Kent Eagles come with predictable strength, captained by a former National League Pairs Champion in the vastly experienced Ben Morley and a former Fen Tiger, returning after a mid-season break from action, one time British U19 rostrum man, Jack Kingston. Another former third tier Pairs Champion in the form of Simon Lambert fronts up the first of two Pairs brought to the meeting by the HG Aerospace Speedway Academy – the Anglian Angels. The Angels were the joint-side put together back in the late 1990s by East Anglian giants King’s Lynn & Ipswich and the Foxhall-based Academy has resurrected the team name for this meeting and future use. Partnering multi-British Finalist Lambert and making a West Row debut on her racing tour of Europe is World Women’s Championship number 4, Tayla Street. Team Managing the Angels is former Ipswich Witches rider and long-time Team boss at Foxhall, Ritchie Hawkins. The other HG Aerospace-backed team are Ipswich themselves – with two leading members of their Academy in Ashton Vale and Harrison Rogers looking to upset the odds. As will the remaining two pairs: Cradley A.R.H. Heathens’ Seth Norman and former GB Youth Champion, Luke Harris; and the Boston-based duo of Mickie Simpson and Sam Woods, wearing on the evening the colours of a team name from the Cambs & Lincs border of old, Wisbech. Making the meeting a double attraction will be the mighty 1000cc Sidecars featuring two legends of the discipline: former British Sidecar Speedway Champion, Paul Whitelam and multi-GB Champion in Grasstrack Sidecars, Will Penfold. Both crews have multi-appearances in the Sidecar Speedway World Championships and there couldn’t be more impressive ambassadors re-introducing this discipline to British Speedway tracks. The meeting is sponsored by the ‘The Racing In The East’ project. Details of this University of East Anglia ground-breaking project will be in the special souvenir meeting programme along with an exclusive article highlighting the very little-documented post-war Wisbech Speedway written by Speedway historian Derek Barclay. Chairperson of the Mildenhall Supporters Trust who run Speedway at West Row; Kieran Phillips states, “This is such a big meeting for the club – our biggest since we formed the Community Interest Company and reopened the sport at West Row. The field is of great quality and we’ve had tremendous sponsorship and support from fellow clubs which is so heartening to see. On track it’s going to be close and exciting for sure.” The NORA British Pairs Championship is at Mildenhall Stadium on Saturday 25th. July – gates at 6pm; tapes up at 7.30pm. Admission is £15 with youngsters aged 15 years and under, go free.

Announced teams & riders for Nora Pairs Championships sponsored by "Racing in the East" Saturday 25th July 1. Mildenhall Fen Tigers Alfie Bowtell & Harry Sadler 2. Kent Eagles Ben Morley & Jack Kingston 3. Cradley Heath Heathens Luke Harris & Seth Norman 4. Anglian Angels Simon Lambert & Tayla Street 5. Wisbech Mickie Simpson & Sam Woods 6. Ipswich Adacamy Ashton Vale & Harrison Rogers As always subject to change (esp. Kenzie Cossey, who broke ribs at Iwade on Sunday) Edit Tayla Street replaces Kenzie Cossey.

Sack him off now, Richard Coleman hinted they weren't happy with riders being late, missing track walks, wrong kit & missing parade truck (all done by Lawson) and he doesn't fit the team ethos they seem to be trying to install.

Scrap that, now 25th July. Taken from Facebook MEETING NEWS The next Mildenhall Speedway meeting at West Row will now be on Saturday July 25th with the staging of the inaugural ‘Racing In The East’ NORA Pairs Championship. The meeting scheduled for 4th July was to be a standalone challenge match vs Cradley but with a range of circumstances to consider following a disappointing crowd in the last meeting, this has led to a decision not to run against the football World Cup tournament likely to keep fans away and instead prepare for the big event later this month. Six pairs will be competing with Kent Eagles and Peterborough Panthers already confirmed as sending pairs to compete in this NORA national championship event. Supporters Community Trust chairperson Kieran Phillips spoke of the cancellation of the Cradley meeting. “It’s obviously disappointing to have to cancel next weekend but we have to accept (as very many others across the land looking to organise events during the period of the FIFA World Cup are doing likewise) that going up against the televised football with two major knock out round games effectively clashing with our meeting time, this would be a very risky thing to do. And with us already facing some financial jeopardy after a very disappointing attendance last time means we will not take that risk. “We are looking for our Trust members and loyal supporters to step up and for our appeal for a main team sponsor to provide the backing we need; and on top of that, our attentions are fully on promoting what is going to be a hugely memorable meeting on July 25th”.

Might do, does anyone know if the Diner has air-conditioning?

Mildenhall Fen Tigers 54 Norwich Stars 36 (A11 Trophy) Saturday 13th. June MILDENHALL FEN TIGERS 54 Ben Morley 2 2 2' 3 3 12+1 Seth Norman 1' 3 0 1 3 8+1 Harry Sadler 3 1' 1' 2 2' 9+3 Sam Woods 2+ 2 1' 2 3 10+2 Ben Whalley 2 3 3 2 1 11 Max Broadhurst 1' 1 1' 1' 0 1 4+2 NORWICH STARS 36 Ryan Ingram 3 3 3 3 2 14 Dylan Huthwaite 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyran Lyden 0 0 1' 2 3+1 Connor King 1 2 2 0 0 5 Harrison Rogers 0 0 0 1 1 2 Ollie Binns 3 1 3 3 2 0 12 Heat details: 1 Ingram, Morley, Norman, Huthwaite 56.2 (3-3) 2 Sadler. Woods, King, Lyden 55.5 (8-4) 3 Binns, Whalley, Broadhurst, Rogers 53.7 (11-7) 4 Ingram, Morley, Sadler, Huthwaite 53.2 (14-10) 5 Whalley, King, Broadhurst, Lyden 53.8 (18-12) 6 Norman, Morley, Binns, Rogers 54.4 (23-13) 7 Ingram, Woods, Sadler, Huthwaite 52.2 [Track Record] (26-16) 8 Whalley, King, Lyden, Norman 52.4 (29-19) 9 Binns, Sadler, Woods, Rogers 51.9 [Track Record] (32-22) 10 Ingram, Whalley, Broadhurst, Huthwaite 52.3 (35-25) 11 Morley, Lyden, Norman, King 52.8 (39-27) 12 Binns, Woods, Rogers, Broadhurst (fell rem.) 52.0 (41-31) 13 Norman, Binns, Broadhurst, Huthwaite 54.2 (45-33) 14 Woods, Sadler, Rogers, King 55.0 (50-34) 15 Morley, Ingram, Whalley, Binns 52.5 (54-36) .

Mildenhall Fen Tigers 41 Peterborough Panthers 48 (NORA League Challenge MATCH DETAILS MILDENHALL FEN TIGERS James Shanes 3 2 3 3 3 14 Ben Whalley 1 2' 0 1 2 6+1 Sam Woods FX F 0 3 2 5 Kenzie Cossey R 1 1 3 0 5 Ben Morley 3 R 2 3 0 8 Patryz Daniszewski 0 1 0 1 1' 3+1 PETERBOROUGH PANTHERS Simon Lambert 2 3 3 2 1' 11+1 Luke Harris 0 1 2' 1' 3 7+2 Jack Kingston 2' 3 3 0 2 10+1 Mickie Simpson 3 2' 1 2 3 11+1 Arran Butcher 2 R 0 R R 2 Seth Norman 1' 1. 2 2 1 7 + 1 1 Shanes, Lambert, Whalley, Harris 54.3 (4-2) [4-2] 2 (rerun) Simpson, Kingston, Cossey (ret.), Wood (fell exc.) 55.6 (0-5) [4-7] 3 Morley, Butcher, Norman, Daniszewski 56.4 (3-3) [7-10] 4 Lambert, Shanes, Harris, Woods (fell) 53.0 (Track Record) (2-4) [9-14] 5 Kingston, Simpson, Daniszewski, Morley (EF) 54.1 (1-5) [10-19] 6 Shanes, Whalley, Norman, Butcher (ret.) 53.9 (5-1) [15-20] 7 Lambert, Harris, Cossey, Woods 53.1 (1-5) [16-25] 8 Kingston, Morley, Simpson, Whalley 54.0 (2-4) [18-29] 9 Woods, Norman, Cossey, Butcher 54.9 (4-2) [22-31] 10 Morley, Lambert (15m h’cap), Harris, Daniszewski 53.5 (3-3) [25-34] 11 Shanes, Simpson, Whalley, Kingston 53.6 (4-2) [29-36] 12 Cossey, Norman (15m h’cap), Daniszewski, Butcher (ret.) 58.2 (4-2) [33-38] 13 Harris, Woods, Daniszewski, Butcher (ret.) 55.0 (3-3) [36-41] 14 Simpson, Whalley, Norman, Cossey 54.3 (2-4) [38-45] 15 Shanes, Kingston, Lambert, Morley 53.1 (3-3) [41-48]

Next meeting 4th July. We’ve been to both meetings so far and racing has been good and track so much better than before.

Spedeworth have been trying to buy the stadium for years, have signed a long term lease which will allow more development, new main straight grandstand/building planned, more boxes on bends 3/4 and new 2 storery replacement for Di's Diner are what rumoured.

He was limping quite badly all evening.

He is actually currently racing!

Also had Fricke on over 12 & had Lawson on over 6 💩💩

Unfortunately Rob cannot commit to every meeting ☹️ luckily the PA is so bad in the main stand can't hear anything when bikes are running.

Where is Blodorn? Finished on the podium in an Individual meeting yeterday in Germany.

So much for an exciting new era, least he is better than Bavin.

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Not just the Speedway team with dodgy call-offs! https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/606041/exclusive-water-farce-linnets-face-flood-probe/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQITc5jbGNrBAhNm2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs-mJsHEvrB_Yuty6-eOfzV-9KmENqxQ4d_9xeNdrCIWFsClo0-EzACPOkGd_aem_7t9BG9n_6bJrXp9vcHXqvQ

Won't get 14 riders as Nora uses 6 rider per team format. Think the make up is 2 heat leaders, 2 second string & 2 reserve standard riders but not sure if it officially done like that or just a gentlemans agreement as not seen any averages or team points limit announced. maybe someone else can confirm? The 2 matches last year had James Shanes, Connor Coles, Ben Morley, Paul Starke & Simon Lambert take part so good NL heatleaders.

Taken from Facebook, provisional home fixtures for 2026. The Mildenhall Speedway Supporters Community Trust (MSSCT) has held its first AGM where it was reported that the Trust now has 75 paid up members. Many thanks go to DLL members for their support and to those who attended the AGM. The list of dates and fixtures ratified by the Trust at their AGM is as follows: 25th. April Spring Triangle [3TT] Mildenhall vs. Rye House vs. Peterborough 2nd. May Mildenhall Grand Prix (individual/open) 16th. May vs. Anglian Select 30th. May vs. Cradley Heath 13th. June England vs. Scotland (NORA Home Nations Championship) [provisional] 4th. July vs. Rye House 11th. July vs. Thurrock 25th. July vs. Isle of Wight (NORA League Cup) 1st. August vs. Peterborough (Simon Barton Memorial) 15th. August England vs. Australia (NORA International) [provisional] 22nd. August Tourists [provisional] 12th. September Reserved 19th. September Reserved 10th. October Reserved NB All fixtures subject to change

Spedeworth don't own Ipswich, they are the leaseholders, but I'm fairly confident that they own Mildenhall Stadium.

If true, maybe a SGP rider or wannabe SGP rider or 2 looking to keep SGP bosses onside?